Report: Corrections officer persuaded inmate to undress

An inmate said Cpl. Jay Cunningham persuaded her to undress while she was held in the Naples Jail Center's medical ward, reports the Naples Daily News.

Cunningham allegedly grabbed his crotch and rubbed himself while making hand gestures that appeared to mimic unzipping his pants and flapping his hand up and down. Another gesture was interpreted as encouraging the inmate to remove her anti-suicide vest, which is worn without clothes underneath, according to documents and video surveillance.

Cunningham reportedly denied his gestures were meant to ask the inmate to strip, saying“I still don’t understand how that makes a person get naked,” he said. “I have a girlfriend; she doesn’t disrobe herself when I move my hands.”